YREKA – The Montague man accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a child under the age of 14 plead guilty to two felony counts Tuesday in the Siskiyou County Superior Court.

John Lee Wilder, 63, pleaded guilty to one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child and one count of oral copulation as punishment. Siskiyou County District Attorney Kirk Andrus noted that the victim has a disability.

“He was accused by family members of molesting many, many females including a sister, siblings and nieces,” said Andrus.

However, Andrus explained that his office only had sufficient evidence to charge him in this case.

Wilder was arrested in February 2012 and has since been held in the Siskiyou County Jail.

The guilty plea was part of an agreement. The district attorney’s office offered him a 14-year prison sentence in exchange for his plea. Wilder will have to serve 85 percent of his sentence prior to parole eligibility.

Superior Court Judge William Davis ordered for Wilder to appear in court on June 4 for his sentencing.